TOUCH-MOVE RULE

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It's not a stupid rule at all.  It's necessary.  If it didn't exist, I would just play my variations out on the board.  If I didn't like it, I'd just reset the board and try another variation.  And if you say "OK, then a move counts once you let go, but touching it doesn't matter", then I'll just keep my hands on all the pieces.

My queen will take your rook (which I'll hold onto) then your rook will take my queen (and I hold that piece too), then my rook takes your rook (which I also grab with my free hand)...oh, but then your bishop can take my rook.  Nevermind!  [sets all the pieces back]  OK, so my pawn takes your bishop....

And on and on.

Yes is it as well is it a game.

My opponents always seem to forget to hit the clock after they move.  It happens alot, but I have never been able to stop myself from calling their attention to it, even when they do it alot. 

yea is a game also with a mental strain

NM Reb... Actually, your opponent can't adjust his pieces when it's your turn. One is only allowed to touch any piece on the board when it is HIS turn. And, every time I have seen this rule, about adjusting pieces, it never says you may only adjust your own, but it annoys me that the rule is always silent on adjusting your opponent's pieces. But seeing that it does not prohibit it in the rule, then any piece on the board may be adjusted, yet only while it is your turn. Of course, you must announce the adjustment according to the rule as well. I'm still researching this.

I was playing a work colleague tonight during a lunch break. He touched and picked up one of my pawns which could be captured by his white bishop. Realizing he'd lose the bishop with the move, he put down my pawn and continued to make a different move. I protested saying he must capture my pawn with his bishop. He denied the rule and refused to retract his move. I plan to show him a print of the rules and probably will not play him again until he agrees to play correctly. Thanks for listening, cheers!

When I capture a piece, I always pick up mine first. Then, if I change my mind, I have to move that piece, according to touch-move. If a person touches an opponent's piece first, it should only be for adjusting, and should be announced. I think it's just a bad habit that people pick up the opponent's piece first, then replace it with their capturing piece. In a friendly game, I don't care much if someone touches a piece and then retracts it, but I once had a roommate I'd place, and rather than visualizing he would move a piece, hold his finger to the top, look all around and move it back. He'd do this with two or three pieces until he found the "right" move. It was annoying, but that was 35 years ago, and I'd never even read a rule book at that point. I wouldn't put up with that now. Another thing is when people keep their hand over the board, almost picking up one piece, then almost deciding on another. This doesn't bother me, as I can see what they're thinking. I like to use my announcer's voice and say, "His hand thinks it can make the decision rather than his brain!"

I heard that if you touch a piece with no legal moves, your opponent gets to tell you which piece they want you to move. Never actually seen it but that's the rule!

I also heard that you can get gonorrhea from a tractor seat. Well, OK, it was on Seinfeld, but I believe it!

All right, that's it for me. You've been great. Good night everybody!

touching your opponents pieces ... lol

the rule came to me NATURALLY 

of course you don't .... (if you need to be told there is "somethink wrong with you")

-- and if you're a commentator on chess24 then you don't know the answer and u "laugh" ... funny way of "advertising" the US Championship in the form of a Coffee House chess game ... very questionable !

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